Flashback: Proposed forms to register 'alvdal' (November 2014)

[Doug Ewell]

For reference, below are the previously proposed record and registration
form for Elfdalian, originally sent to the list by Mats in November 2014
and subsequently tweaked. These were withdrawn by Mats after he agreed
to submit a 639-3 request for Elfdalian, as recommended.

This may provide some perspective for the current discussion about
registering Elfdalian as a variant or as a language. They are NOT active
registration forms, and do not start any review-period clocks unless
there is some agreement to revive them as-is or to update the
information.

Note also the comment on-list from Melinda regarding registrations like
this: "Because of the history of ISO 639-3, many dialect vs. language
decisions were not settled prior to the codeset being established. When
there is a lot of disagreement among local linguists, the situation
remains as is, rather than having codes created." This is exactly
consistent with the disposition of the request to register this
language/dialect in 639-3.

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LANGUAGE SUBTAG MODIFICATION
File-Date: 2014-12-14
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Type: variant
Subtag: alvdal
Description: Elfdalian language, or Elfdalian dialect of Swedish
Added: 2014-12-14
Prefix: sv
Comments: Elfdalian is spoken in Älvdalen, Dalarna, Sweden. It is by
  some people considered as a dialect of Swedish, by others as a
  language.
%%

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LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM

1. Name of requester: Mats Blakstad
2. E-mail address of requester: info @ globalbility.org
3. Record Requested:

Type: variant
Subtag: alvdal
Description: Elfdalian language, or Elfdalian dialect of Swedish
Prefix: sv
Comments: Elfdalian is spoken in Älvdalen, Dalarna, Sweden. It is by
  some people considered as a dialect of Swedish, by others as a
  language.

4. Intended meaning of the subtag:

The Elfdalian language/dialect as spoken in Älvdalen, Dalarna Sweden.

5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article):

Lewis, M. Paul (ed.), 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World,
Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
http://www.ethnologue.com/language/swe

Garbacz, Piotr, 2010. Word Order in Övdalian - A Study in Variation and
Change. Lund, Sweden: Lund University, Centre for Languages and
Literature.
http://lup.lub.lu.se/luur/download?func=downloadFile&recordOId=1567392&fileOId=1567413

Helgander, John, 2005. Älvdalsmål i förändring – några
reflektioner kring en fallstudie.

Also see report from conference about Elfdalian arranged by Ulum Dalska
and the Institute for Language and Folklore, with statements from
different linguistics. English summary under each section:
http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:431173/FULLTEXT03.pdf


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